Do you have BES? If so, then you do not need to use TCP/IP. If not, then you can always pay $10/month and get a MDS service. Then you could pay that out of your own pocket (If IM is worth $10/month to you).

Hi, I am Vodafone Germany User.
Can somebody tell me how I have to setup my settings for my Blackberry 7290?
I looked thorugh the forum but couldn´t find.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Willi

Hi,

Just looking through this thread and was a little confused if it is saying that a BB 7750 with Verizon can now be used for 3rd party apps that require BES/MDS ??

Would be great if that is the case.


cheers
Jonathan
http://www.wireless18.com

p.s sorry Willi I do not know the German Vodaphone settings.

Thanks for this information - very helpful.
I'm trying to connect verichat and I'm getting the following error when I try to log in "could not find a service book entry..."
What does this mean and how do I fix it? I'm a BB newbie so bear with me.
I'm on Cingular with a BB 7100g.
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This is not yet possible, but I am guessing that it might be possible once Version 4.0.0.204 or later comes out for the 7750. (Version 4.0.0.204 is what are preinstalled on 7250's) As of right now, there's no such new release for 7750's yet.

No guarantees that it will work, though.

See if you can find out what the recommended APN is (for regular cellphones on your network, not just BlackBerry). You may wish to check the list on Reqwireless' website, or google for listings of APN's and see if an APN is listed. Once you find out, you can give that APN a try.

Folks, thanks for all the useful postings.

One question about the T-Mobile config. I have a BB 7730 with v4.0 OS and we use the Notes BES with internet connectivity disabled. I set the TCP settings as set out at the beginning of this thread but no luck. I called T-M support and their second level BB guy said that I cannot use the wap APN to get round the fact that our BES has internet access disabled. Was he b/s'ing me? Anyone shed any light on this?

Thanks.

It can be quite an ordeal sometimes to get this to work. It took me four calls over three different days and different time periods to get CIngular to add the WIX lines to my 7290 account. The first CSR had no idea what I was talking about. The second one knew but refused to help. The third one seemed to know and said she'd make the changes but apparently didn't.

The fourth one was the winner. He knew who to ask about it, and left the line. Then, a near catastrophe occurred. While I was on hold waiting for him to come back, I fat-fingered the landline phone I was using, trying to put him on my speakerphone, and instead disconnected the call. ARGH!! D'oh!!

I thought, well, this is it, I give up. But less than an hour later, I thought, what the heck, maybe he followed through. I pulled the battery, rebooted, and HEY! Verichat (trial version) now works. I didn't even get to say thanks, due to my fumbling my landline phone. :(

Now that I've had it for a few days, I have a few questions I can't seem to find answers to:

1) Does the paid version have more features than the trial?

2) Why does it seem to die every day, with the only way to fix it is to remove the battery for full reboot? It won't reconnect to AIM by just turning Verichat off and on again, and I hate to have to remove the battery every morning.

Thanks! Be persistent, keep bugging your carrier, and put the APN settings exactly as Mark says, and have fun!

blabber =%^)

P.S. I am still not yet upgraded to version 4.0 but this still worked.

I am trying to get my IM+ to work on my BB7290 w/ BES. When I switch to TCP/IP setting, I cannot get to the server no matter what apn settings I use.

In http mode I can send messages but cannot receive. Can someboby please help me?

Quote:

Vodafone (UK) Gateway IP: 212.183.137.12 Port: 9201 APN: wap.vodafone.uk username: password: user

Mark,

Is the APN for Vodafone Uk supposed to be: wap.vodafone.co.uk?

Is this for WAP only or can be used for TCP as well?

I have read this entire thread, and still am a little unsure.

I have BES, with MDS, I have 7100 with 3.8 and get the error on one bb

"unable to open a PDP context to the following APN."

wap.voicestream.com


What the....?

but on another 7100 same OS, I do not get that message.


Man, what is going on....

Remove the "wap.voicestream.com" APN from Options->TCP->APN

It's usually unnecessary when you are using BES with MDS.

Just so youknow!

With the additional Data Connect plan, are you paying for two data plans (blackberry and the data connect?

Thanks, Charles

thanks MJ, thats what I thought, but this one particular bb gets that message...I"m going to ignore it, because she can actually surf, so oh well.

Hi there,

just to let you know - there are TWO possible APN settings in Options/TCP for Germany! There is

wap.t-d1.de (but this is WAP only!!!)

and

internet.t-d1.de (all other internet connections)

(leave username and password blank in both cases!)

With internet.t-d1.de, bbToday and similar applications run smoothly!

All the best,

Gero

Ok I have a blackberry 7100g with cellularone service. Has anyone managed to get the TCP/IP to work? When I enter the APN that the CSR gave me and reset my phone by taking out the battery, my browser can no longer connect. Will I have to do something special to get it to work? Its the only reason I paid full price for this phone.
Forgot to mention that I am a personal user, and I would like to use my 3rd party apps, such as telnet and IM+.

Follow the steps in the "Internet Browser FAQ" in my BlackBerry FAQ link below. Including the "Options->Host Routing Tables->Register Now" (via Blackberry) ... as well as the "Send Internet Browsing Service Book" (via your BWC account).

I'm having problems getting the TCP/IP to work with the APN (cellular1.wap) that the CSR gave me, so none of the applications I downloaded can connect.
reqwireless webviewer and IM+, as well as the telnet program. When I put in the APN under TCP/IP in my settings, then reset my phone, nothing works, including my blackberry browser, nothing can connect. Do I need to call cellular one again and ask them if they have TCP/IP disabled?

Hi Mark,

I would like to first thank you for your effort on this site it is truly helpful. I have done the above recommended to get my unlocked blackberry to work with a different sim but was wondering if it works can I still use the built in blackberry software to check mail and to browse or do I need to download 3rd. party programs like ReqWireless browser and email viewer for it to work?

Again thank you.

Regards,

Naim

You've got to have a BlackBerry-enabled SIM card. Make sure your alternate SIM already has a BlackBerry subscription on it.

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the quick reply. My blackberry device is unlocked and accepts non blackberry sims. Is there anyway in your knowledge that will allow me to have gprs internet access on my device?

Thanks,
Naim

I entered the apn, name, and pw as instructed, saved them, and then pulled the battery. When I restarted the device and looked in options-tcp, my entires were gone!

What did I do wrong? I have a 7100g on cingular.

Nothing else was broken from all of this. Is it normal for the APN data to vanish after the reboot?

I vaguely recall a similar problem either on this forum or on howardforums, but my search failed to find it.

Thanks from a novice in advance.

Has anybody gotten this to work with Cingular in Manhattan? I've called up Cingular and they claim i have the "data connect" on my plan, and also tried both isp.cingular, wap.cingular, and proxy TCP settings all to no avail (e.g. cannot open tunnel). Any advice?

I have the 7100g with Cingular in New York and I use wap.cingular.

There is no need to pull the battery!! Just enter the settings in the TCP options and then try VeriChat or whichever program you are attempting to use. Make sure you enter the information exactly as it is supposed to be, as it is case sensative. Also, Cingular WILL charge you for the extra data you use at the rate of 1 cent per KB, even if you already have the Unlimited BlackBerry plan.

Yes!

Sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar, as is Anthony from ikodorro. You two got my ssh + wap.cingular to work and explained what I should expect to pay for it. Mille grazie!

Next step, a call to Cingular to see what the Nobel laureate on the other end of the phone thinks I'll pay. If any of my direct lines to the data people still work, I'll report back with the number. So far I'm 0 for 4 on those numbers.

First off, I have been reading these forums for almost a week now and have tried searching for an answer to my problem but have been as yet unsuccesful. I feel like such a huge newbie idiot drowning in a sea of information that is so close to what I am used to and yet so very different.


That said, I'm having trouble getting third party applications to load OTA or even run properly once they have been installed via the desktop manager. I've tried a ton of the different midlets in other threads and always get a file size of 0 which leads to a 907. I figured this might be because I am not using MDS so I needed to get TCP/IP setup.

I have a 7100t and just upgraded it to BBOS 4.0. I am running through tmobile with the blackberry addon to my voice plan. I have setup the APN as wap.voicestream.com and have tried my username for both the tmobile website as well as the one I used for my tmo.blackberry.net email. Nothing seems to change either way.

I called the tmo wireless data group and they were absolutely zero help and in fact asked me where I got the information for the APN and started badgering me until I could tactfully slip out of the conversation and end the call.

I am at my wits end with this and really want to be able to use my blackberry as I do all of my other geektoys, as a power user. I am a developer and really want to see what this is capable before I start playing with writing applications for it.

Also, I looked at ramble IM today but noticed that it requires MDS. Does this mean it will work with MDS only or would having TCP/IP setup bypass this requirement? I'm still trying to differentiate between all of this new terminology.


Thanks in advance!

i was just wondering there is a way to get the internet with the blackberry without getting the data service? all i want the blackberry is to go on the aim.... please get back to me asap aim...chris32111

I believe you are supposed to leave the username and password blank. Try that.

(1) Keep calling T-Mobile back. And tell them you got the instructions from a forum.
(2) Having TCP/IP will bypass the MDS requirement. Not all companies are familiar with the fact that it's possible to bypass the MDS requirement now, although this can be tricky with some carriers.

I finally got through to somebody helpful with tmo's pda support. They told me to leave the username and password blank and also told me that blackberry.net would work as an APN as well. I tried both wap.voicestream.com and blackberry.net with blank username/pass and was still receiving "Could not find a service book entry for IPPP" messages.

Is there something I need to be doing after saving my TCP settings other than rebooting?

Hey RGabo,
I had the same problem as you. In Swizerland you only have enterprise solution for the Blackberry so I find a Prosumer Blackberry on E-bay and tried to use it with a Sim-card from Sunrise. Fisrt I could not use reqwieless programs I had every time an error message. After this I downloaded the OS 3.7 of Rogers and instaled it on my BB (7730 Vodafone Germany) and now it works perfectly.

I have a question for Mark R: is there anny possibility to use the BB browser and e-mail if I don't have the push service or is it only activated from the operator??

Thanks

Has anyone actually got TCP working *at all* on a non-Blackberry network. I have tried with 3.8 and 4.0 on a 7290, but all of the internet applications "time out" when using TCP mode.

I have tried the 7290 with 3 SIM cards of 3 different operators (Voda AU, Optus AU, Telstra AU). The correct APN for true-internet profile was used. I have verified that I have the correct APN on all 3 SIM cards by trying those SIM cards in a Nokia 6230 and using that as a GPRS modem - which worked *perfectly*. Therefore it is an issue with the stupid Blackberry.

No. Apparently, this is a BlackBerry security mechanism.

Theoretically, it could permit the BlackBerry to do so, but RIM prefers you use the BlackBerry on a BlackBerry capable carrier, so there's an incentive for them to limit the functionality.

I've read through this thread and the Verichat one and still have some questions regarding my 7100T...

I want to run some sort of Telnet client (not installed yet) and VeriChat, which is installed but not working. I do not use BES.

1. I enter wap.voicestream.com into the APN, but every time I pull/replace the battery that entry is blank again. Is this normal?

2. VeriChat has "Force MDS" and "T-Mobile, non BES" network settings. Should either of these or both be selected?

Thought I'd try to get those questions answered before I call in for tech support, perhaps my account is not activated for APN.

Thanks!

SmogFarm:
What version of BlackBerryOS are you using? Some versions of BlackBerryOS has bugs. See if you can upgrade to a newer version. As for VeriChat, try defaults. If they don't work, try toggling both of the other options.

Most people get different error messages whenever you have APN empty (or incorrect APN) versus APN filled. Try testing this, to make sure you get an exact error message ONLY when APN is filled to "wap.voicestream.com" ... That means it's actually working but the carrier is giving you problems - if this happens, you have to call your carrier tech support.

Progress! I updated my firmware to 4 something and now wap.voicestream.com (no user or pass) remains saved and seemed to do the trick WITH "Tmobile, non-BES" selected in VeriChat. MSN works like a charm!

Now I've moved on to the telnet apps. Idorkorro is failing with a Java error and MidpSSH is giving me an error about a malformed address. I'm trying to use TCP/IP as my protocal. Is that correct? Something else I should be doing?

Thanks!!

This is what I was told by TMO "spec". As the 3rd part application I use BBToday and Causerie without any problems.

i setup everything that Mark setup in his FAQ for the APN for Cingular. I tried uppercase letters like he has in his and i tried lowercase, dont know if it matters. But with the BBWeather program I still am getting the same could not open tunnel - failed

please advise

You probably have to call Cingular, as per instructions.
Check this out too:
http://www.blackberryforums.com/showthread.php?p=50406

You're right - MARK UPDATE THE FAQ!